Hey guys

[A-bodyboy]

Hey guys, heard of the site through a friend and thought i'd stop by and see what it was all about.
looks pretty good from what I see

[Dunout]

welcome

[allpontiacs]

No shit it's pretty good, we have F-bodies. And we're assholes. This is the greatest website known to mankind.

The car in your sig made me ROFFLE.

[A-bodyboy]

you mean my chevelle
or the GTP

[allpontiacs]

The GTP. Supercar.

[A-bodyboy]

yaa, guys gotta have a daily driver
may as well be a gtp that's been done over

[allpontiacs]

It should have a cape.

[A-bodyboy]

lol, oh she's got one when she's at the shows
I shld strap a sheet on the back and go cruise aroud a bit...when it gets friggin warmer

[TA_GTA]

nice cars man, pontiac ftw!!

[travinder69]

you mean my chevelle
or the GTP

nice chevelle

[A-bodyboy]

thanks...the chevelle's got the stock 396/375hp
but by the end of winter it'll either be a 402 or a 427

[trans-am]

572?? ;D

[travinder69]

572?? ;D
:drool:

[A-bodyboy]

no that's to big
I found out I can take the 396 and turn it into either or..........and for less then the 572......even tough I can get the 572 really cheap cause of who I know....i want to keep the stock block.....just done up a lot

[allpontiacs]

I would leave the engine completely alone, if I were you. It, and the car, is worth more that way. Just dump a badass big block in it, and keep the 396 as it is. If you ever sell, you can put the 396 back in and bill it as original #'s matching.

[A-bodyboy]

ya i've thought about it, one of my other buddies has a 72 with the 572 dropped in it.....awesome engine, but he can't go cruisin anywhere with it, so if I were to drop another engine i'd probably just drop in a 502

[drumhawk]

Welcome to the board and your Chevelle looks very nice.

[Kobra]

ya i've thought about it, one of my other buddies has a 72 with the 572 dropped in it.....awesome engine, but he can't go cruisin anywhere with it, so if I were to drop another engine i'd probably just drop in a 502

why cant he cruise in it?

[allpontiacs]

I was waiting for teh khobras on that one...

[Dunout]

kobra is bringing the camaro this year ?

[Kobra]

cc guaranteed it for the meet

[A-bodyboy]

ya i've thought about it, one of my other buddies has a 72 with the 572 dropped in it.....awesome engine, but he can't go cruisin anywhere with it, so if I were to drop another engine i'd probably just drop in a 502

why cant he cruise in it?

he can cruise in it I guess...but he can't pass a single gas station

[CamaroGirl]

ya i've thought about it, one of my other buddies has a 72 with the 572 dropped in it.....awesome engine, but he can't go cruisin anywhere with it, so if I were to drop another engine i'd probably just drop in a 502

why cant he cruise in it?

he can cruise in it I guess...but he can't pass a single gas station

i know i cant!

[A-bodyboy]

ya i've thought about it, one of my other buddies has a 72 with the 572 dropped in it.....awesome engine, but he can't go cruisin anywhere with it, so if I were to drop another engine i'd probably just drop in a 502

why cant he cruise in it?

he can cruise in it I guess...but he can't pass a single gas station

i know i cant!

I can't believe the gas milage of these old school engines...the 396 it like 8 mpg if i'm lucky
and my buddies 572 is about 3 mpg
i know first thing i'm gonna try is swappin out the rear end from the stock 4:11 gears to some 3:73....see if I can get a bit better top end out of it too

[Kobra]

i went fuel injection so im aiming for 10mpg maybe more since its sequential

[A-bodyboy]

how big a engine you puttin in yours

[allpontiacs]

He's GOT a 572...

[79 Z28]

get a bigger tank lol

[Jessev]

how big a engine you puttin in yours

paul has fully restored 69 camaro with 572, custom FI intake and (i think) 700ish HP

[MonkeyWrench]

get a bigger tank lol


that was the answer with the corvette

[drumhawk]

get a bigger tank lol


that was the answer with the corvette
The corvette answer is to add a LS2 and get up to 37 miles per gallon, realistically I get somewhere in the high 20's, these motors need less fuel than a water-drinking camel going thru the desert.

[mousemaker]

As opposed to them gasoline-drinking camels?

[79 Z28]

gas is cheaper then water over there lol

[Jessev]

dude gas is cheaper than water HERE. u go to gas station, pay $1.00/L for gas, go inside and pay $1.50/500mL for water lol

[allpontiacs]

Tap water!

[Jessev]

tap water = free up here....too bad we cant drink it lol. water dispenser!

[allpontiacs]

I can drink my tap water. Although it doesn't take much to get a Brita jug.

[Jessev]

ur on city then? or wat? we have a well and i did drink it for like 10 years. we've just been told its better not to drink it...in the summer i pump from a creek and obviously that can get u beaver fever, etc.

[allpontiacs]

We're on well, never heard not to drink it. We usually drink store water though, since ours winds up tasting like chlorine half the year.

[Jessev]

i put a cup of bleach in every 2000 gallons...hasnt killed me yet. im sure the well water is safe but out neighbour seems to burry a lot of shit, prolly containing oil, gas, etc

[Dunout]

well water FTW ! lol

[79 Z28]

i drink gas

[Dunout]

gas is good .....

[79 Z28]

drinking gas is better

[CamaroGirl]

what are you on?!

[79 Z28]

what are you on?!
gas, havent you been reading? :P

[trans-am]

i drink gas
94 octane from chevron tastes the best

[79 Z28]

i drink gas
94 octane from chevron tastes the best
you havent lived then! VP racing C16 gets the taste buds rollin'

[trans-am]

i drink gas
94 octane from chevron tastes the best
you havent lived then! VP racing C16 gets the taste buds rollin'
mmmmmmmmmmm :evil:

[79 Z28]

the fumes from that stuff melts paint lol

[Dunout]

thats a lie ! lol

[79 Z28]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas

[trans-am]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas
what's the octane rating?

[79 Z28]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas
what's the octane rating?
116 octane

[trans-am]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas
what's the octane rating?
116 octane
need to get my hands on that and burn down abodyboy's house

[79 Z28]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas
what's the octane rating?
116 octane
need to get my hands on that and burn down abodyboy's house
thats counter productive lol higher octane burns slower, and at $4.50/L its not cheap. 5 gal is 90 dollars

[trans-am]

thats a lie ! lol
i know lol, its pretty potent though, way worse then pump gas
what's the octane rating?
116 octane
need to get my hands on that and burn down abodyboy's house
thats counter productive lol higher octane burns slower, and at $4.50/L its not cheap. 5 gal is 90 dollars
OUCH, on second thought i'll stick with regular

[allpontiacs]

Avgas is the shizzle fo rizzle. I don't understand why more guys don't run it, it's a lot cheaper than race gas.

[mousemaker]

thats counter productive lol higher octane burns slower, and at $4.50/L its not cheap. 5 gal is 90 dollars


Not true. Lastest article I read on Rockett Brand says their 118 octane is "fast-burning" and that fuels can be engineered for high-octane and a fast-burn.

[79 Z28]

Avgas is the shizzle fo rizzle. I don't understand why more guys don't run it, it's a lot cheaper than race gas.
most people dont run it cuz its not meant for cars. sure it would be decent in a motor like mine n/a for power. but its the shits for boost/nitrous as its specific gravity, additives and general formula arent meant for it, its meant to be run at high altitude in a plane.

[79 Z28]

thats counter productive lol higher octane burns slower, and at $4.50/L its not cheap. 5 gal is 90 dollars


Not true. Lastest article I read on Rockett Brand says their 118 octane is "fast-burning" and that fuels can be engineered for high-octane and a fast-burn.
you do realize that all realitivity, sure it might be a quicker fuel for a 118 but it aint no fast burning fuel. 87 is fast burning fuel that cant take heat/ compression. remember the purpose is to make it less combustable but hold more stored energy, thats why lead is involved, it dampens the fuels tendency to combust under heat/ pressure. thats also why theres so many different fuels engineered for certian applications and environments they need to live under.

[allpontiacs]

I suppose...I'd still run it with a blower, though. If it's still easy to get avgas when the 455 goes together, I'm not going to bother with custom pistons. My heads on that motor with regular pistons will makes something like 13:1, perfect for avgas!

[79 Z28]

13:1 is pushing it for 100 octane

[allpontiacs]

I know, I'm actually going to just throw in some custom dished pistons to get down to the high 9's. What's the point having a nice, full interior car if you can't fill up at the pump? I'm hoping somebody reads that and figures they can do it though, and then we can tell them why their motor blew up! Although I would honestly use it with a blower. Not nitrous, though.

I'm thinking on that 118, sure it might be a fast burning fuel, but the whole point of high octane fuel is that it doesn't fire up without spark...so it probably still isn't that easy to ignite in the first place.

[trans-am]

I suppose...I'd still run it with a blower, though. If it's still easy to get avgas when the 455 goes together, I'm not going to bother with custom pistons. My heads on that motor with regular pistons will makes something like 13:1, perfect for avgas!
I run avgas in my lawnmower

[79 Z28]

liar

[trans-am]

liar
Have you seen the vid on streetfire, the lawnmower vs 150 shot of nitrous?